Striping device



Jan. 23, 1934. D. J. DICKERSON STRIPING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1935 mill/I17 Qmwm Patented Jan. 23, 1934 siren STATES PArEr Fries 3 Claims.

My invention relates to painting and improvements in devices for painting, and has for its object to provide a new and efi'icient device for use in striping cars or furniture.

A further object is to provide a striper, which will paint a stripe of paint upon either a flat surface or upon a beveled, elevated or raised surface or upon a moulding surface, making the line along the surface at an equal distance from the edge thereof, or from a groove or slightly raised beading thereon, or any other protrusion along which the end of the index finger may be moved.

A further object is to provide a manually controlled and operated device for painting stripes on any surface, which device may be made with multiple distributing disks.

A still further object is to provide a striping disk which will be self cleaning and self spreading for the paint or lacquer used therewith.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specification forming a part of this invention and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing in which I have shown the best and most preferred manner of building my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with the operators hand shown in dotted lines and the thumb operating the distributing valve chamber.

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of a modified form of making the striper with a trailing wheel to distribute the paint. Figure 5 is a plan view of a portion of the device showing the distributing 40 disks when two disks are used.

In the drawing I have shown the finger engaging portion of the device as made of a tapered cylinder or partial cone A, having finger engaging strips 1 and 2, on the one side thereof adapted 45 to be bent to fit the finger on which the device is being used. Onto the bottom of the cone on one side thereof, I provide a depending bar 3, around which the other fingers of the hand are curved to provide a hand hold for the device and the index finger is placed within the cone 1, with the end of the finger extending beyond the metal as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Onto the top of the cone A, I provide a raised section 4 through which a longitudinal slot 5 is cut. The slot 5 carries a bolt 7 and an adjustable extension bar 8 is secured to the body A by engaging a slot 9 over the bolt 5 and screwing a wing nut 10 thereon to hold the bar at any desired position relative to the finger through the body A. The bar 8 is bent down at 11 and out parallel to the main portion at 12. The portion 12 is then Welded to a distributing base 13. The base 13 extends outwardly beyond the ends of the bar 8 and the end of the bar closest to the finger end of the body A is provided with a slot 14 therethrough from top to bottom and a distributing disk 15 is mounted for rotation within said slot on a shaft 16. The shaft 15 passes through the end of the base 13. Along each side of the disk I provide cuts 17 with the bottoms thereof curved down intoa vertical distributing well 18 to catch all of the material returned on the disk and return it to the well.

Longitudinally through the body of the base 13, is a bore 19 to carry paint to the well 18. The end of the base which extends back from the bar 8 is cylindrical and carries an annular groove 20 therearound. A cylindrical paint chamber B is provided with a transverse bore 21 therethrough to fit onto the end of the base. One end of the bore 21 is enlarged at 22 and a screw 23 holds the chamber onto the end of the base by the screw engaging into the end of the bore 19. A cross bore 25 is provided through the end of the base 13 to connect the out or groove with the bore 19. The paint chamber is cylindrical at the top end, and the interioris connected with the transverse bore by a well or bore 25 in the bottom of the cylinder. This provides a valve for controlling the flow of paint from the chamber and a tension spring 26 normally holds the chamber to the extreme end of the base 13, normally shutting on the fiow of paint from the chamber.

In Figure 4, I have shown the disk as mounted in a pivoted arm 30 which follows a feed arm 95 31, the arm 31 being identical with the base 13, except the end is not slotted to receive the disk and the end 33 is curved to engage the surface of the metal. The arm 31 has a semi-spherical opening 34 therein, in which the ball 35 of the arm 30 is carried. The arm 30 is secured in place by securing a plate 36 over the front side of the arm 31 with screws 37 to hold it in place and slots surrounding the screw to allow for pivotal movement of the arm 30. A spring 38 normally presses against the side of the arm 30 to hold it engaged with the work by spring pressure. The bore 39 in the arm 31 flows the paint from the chamber and into the ball 35 through the opening 40 and down the arm 30 into the well 41 simiiar to the Well 18 of the base 13. The end of the arm 30 is slotted at 2 and the disk is carried therein as shown by dotted lines 43 by a pin 44. The curved clean off cuts 45, drain excess paint back into the well 41.

In Figure 5 I have shown the method of making spaced apart disks 4;? and 48 in the arm 30 to paint spaced apart stripes on the car body.

Wells 49 carry the paint from the bore 50 in the arm 30 and slots 51 and 52 clean the disks 47 and 48.

All or" the disks used in the device may be provided with serrated edges to engage the Work and carry the paint if desired or necessary.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:-

.1. In a striper for painting a thin stripe on any surface, the combination of a finger encircling body member having an extended rod secured thereto by which the device held in the rest of the hand; an adjustable extension bar pivotally secured to said body; a distributing disk secured in a slot in the end of said base; a paint chamber carried on the other end of said base; a valve to be opened by thumb pressure against said chamber; and a conduit through said base to carry the paint to the disk.

2. In a striper, the combination of a finger engaging body; an adjustable xtension secured thereto; a base in the end of said extension; a disk mounted in the end of said base; a paint chamber on the opposite end of said base; means to control the flow of paint from the chamber into the base; means to store sufiicient paint in the base to accommodate the disk; means in the base to drain the excess paint from the disk; and a spring to normally shut 01f the flow of paint from the chamber into said base.-

3. In a striper, the combination of a finger engaging portion; a distributing base adjustably carried thereon; a distributing disk carried in said distributing base; means to drain excess paint back to the base from said disk; means to carry a supply of paint on the base; and pressure operated means to control the flow of paint onto the disk.

DELBERT J. DICKERSON. 

